A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
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Viviane Tiemi Hotta, Daniella Diniz do Nascimento Rangel, Glaucia Maria Penha Tavares, Sandrigo Mangini, Pedro A. Lemos
Viviane Tiemi Hotta, Daniella Diniz do Nascimento Rangel, Glaucia Maria Penha Tavares, Sandrigo Mangini, Pedro A. Lemos
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20170120
Endomyocardial biopsy (EBM) is the gold standard method for the diagnosis of rejection after cardiac transplantation. Complications associated with the procedure are rare but can occur in about 8% of the cases. We describe a case of an uncommon complication probably associated with multiple EBMs in a transplanted patient. A 54-year-old male patient underwent orthotopic cardiac transplantation due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Over the next ten months, the patient was submitted to eight EMBs and required pulse therapy on two […]
Keywords: Arterial Fistula/surgery; Biopsy; Echocardiography; Graft Rejection; Heart Transplantation